[Paraview] problem wirh python shell in Paraview 4.2.0

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

I'd suggest asking the question on OpenFoam mailing lists/forums. They
must have some mechanism to build with Python enabled.

On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 11:06 AM, James Feng <jfeng at optomec.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using paraview (4.1.0) with OpenFOAM 2.3.0 and "parafoam".  I noticed
> my "python shell" under my parafoam "tool" menu is not activated (with an
> appearance "gray").   I wonder if you can tell me what I need to do to
> turn the python shell on.  I tried with "makeParaView -python" and it
> didn't go through the "make".  So I guess that is not a legitimate syntax.
>
>
> Many thanks.
>
> James
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ParaView [mailto:paraview-bounces at paraview.org] On Behalf Of Utkarsh
> Ayachit
> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 7:19 AM
> To: Livia Barazzetti
> Cc: ParaView
> Subject: Re: [Paraview] problem wirh python shell in Paraview 4.2.0
>
> Thanks for reporting. We'll test it out. BTW, do you have any plugins
> loaded when you're trying to one the Python shell?
> Utkarsh
>
> On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 8:15 AM,  <livia.barazzetti at istb.unibe.ch> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I just downloaded the new version of Paraview, and I am very curious
>> about the new features. Unfortunately I cannot use the new python
>> trace, because as soon I click ok in the trace window, the application
> crashes.
>>
>> Actually, the problem is already at startup, opening a python shell I
>> get this error:
>>
>>
>>
>> Python 2.7.3 (default, Sep 23 2014, 20:23:11) [MSC v.1500 64 bit
>> (AMD64)] on
>> win32
>>
>>>>> from paraview.simple import *
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>
>> File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
>>
>> File "C:\Program Files (x86)\ParaView
>> 4.2.0\lib\paraview-4.2\site-packages\paraview\simple.py", line 39, in
>> <module>
>>
>> import servermanager
>>
>> File "C:\Program Files (x86)\ParaView
>> 4.2.0\lib\paraview-4.2\site-packages\paraview\servermanager.py", line
>> 3184, in <module>
>>
>> __initialize()
>>
>> File "C:\Program Files (x86)\ParaView
>> 4.2.0\lib\paraview-4.2\site-packages\paraview\servermanager.py", line
>> 3175, in __initialize
>>
>> c = Connection(iter.GetCurrentSessionId(), iter.GetCurrentSession())
>>
>> File "C:\Program Files (x86)\ParaView
>> 4.2.0\lib\paraview-4.2\site-packages\paraview\servermanager.py", line
>> 1932, in __init__
>>
>> _createModules(self.Modules)
>>
>> File "C:\Program Files (x86)\ParaView
>> 4.2.0\lib\paraview-4.2\site-packages\paraview\servermanager.py", line
>> 2564, in _createModules
>>
>> m.filters = createModule('filters')
>>
>> File "C:\Program Files (x86)\ParaView
>> 4.2.0\lib\paraview-4.2\site-packages\paraview\servermanager.py", line
>> 2626, in createModule
>>
>> if (prop.GetInformationOnly() and propName != "TimestepValues" ) \
>>
>> AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'GetInformationOnly'
>>
>>
>>
>> I am working on Windows 7, 64 bit (with paraview 4.2.0 64 bit)
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Livia
>>
>>
>>
>>
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